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The BikeReg.com MABRAcross series offers eleven premier cyclocross events, strong competition, killer prizes and one of the liveliest racing scenes in the country. For most series, that would be enough. But MABRAcross is not most series. That’s why for 2010 the series has joined with Verge Sport, a leader in custom cycling clothing, to present…

Two new riders to Pegasus Sports, the organisation behind the aspiring Australian ProTour cycling team, to further boost its roster and its ProTour credentials for season 2011. Buoyed by the announcement that Robbie McEwen and Svein Tuft will be joining the team in 2011, Pegasus Sports CEO Chris White confirmed the addition to the team…

Organizers of greater Cincinnati’s UCI3 Cyclocross Festival have announced a new title sponsor for the three-day Festival’s first day of competition. According to Nick Tinsler of Darkhorse Racing, the organizers have reached an agreement with Panther Expedited Services of Seville, Ohio to become the title sponsor of the Cyclo-Stampede UCI race at Devou Park in…

Registration for Green Mountain Cyclocross Weekend closes on Thursday at 6pm, so if you’re going to make the trip to Vermont, time is ticking down. The dog days of summer have passed and the 2010 cyclocross season is underway! This year’s edition of the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series (NECCS) kicks off this weekend…

The Kings CX Weekend on September 18 and 19 is kick-off weekend for the influential Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour. This year, the race in Deerfield Township in suburban Cincinnati will also be part of a new grass-roots ride series called the “PUR (pronounced “pure”) Ride With Kids Series” sponsored by PUR Water Filters. Designed as…

For the first time in history, the UCI cyclocross season will begin in the United States as the Nittany Lion Cross kicks-off both the UCI and Champion System MAC season on September 11 at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania.

Riders from Belgium, France, Italy and Switzerland are among the six joining the BMC Racing Team that already includes current world road champion Cadel Evans, U.S. national road champion George Hincapie and past world road champion Alessandro Ballan. Stronger Team For 2011. The new riders signing on with the BMC Racing Team are Belgians Yannick…

The Champion System MAC Cyclocross Series has announced a radical increase of the Women’s prizes at every event of this year’s 11-race series. Effective immediately and starting with the UCI Nittany Lion Cross in Trexlertown Pennsylvania on September 11, every race in the Champion System MAC Series will pay equal prize money to the top…

CrossVegas organizer Brook Watts sounded like a Las Vegas odds maker as he described the field that he has managed to bring together for the September 22nd race. “The winners of the CrossVegas titles are going to come from the best field ever assembled in America. Whether you break it out by national champions attending…

It’s nearly official: Luis Amaran of the Jamis/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Colavita is set to finish the 2010 road racing season as the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC) champion. While the NRC season officially concludes with the 27th annual Chris Thater Memorial on Sunday, August 29, Amaran holds such a wide…

Last year, the UCI3 ‘cross festival in Cincinnati offered a jaw-dropping $10,000 in prize money just for the women alone. This year, they’re doing it again as October’s Cincinnati UCI3 Cyclocross Festival will feature the largest weekend prize purse for women cyclocross racers anywhere in the world, matching last year’s unprecedented $10,000 cash purse. It’s…

The 2010 cyclocross season is fast approaching and while fresh tubular tires are being stretched, the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series is preparing for its newest edition. The series gets under way on the weekend of September 18th and 19th when UCI-level cyclocross returns to northwest Vermont with the twelfth annual Green Mountain Cyclocross…

Kelly Benefit Strategies Pro Cycling battled crashes, injuries, and some of the top Continental teams in Europe to claim the top GC prize at Festningsrittet, one of Norway’s premiere stage races. Jesse Anthony topped the overall podium Sunday in beautiful downtown Kongsvinger after his second 2nd place finish in as many days, with teammate Neil…

Two-time defending champion Devon Haskell will lead a four-rider Team TIBCO/To the Top squad in Saturday’s Glencoe Grand Prix. The race will be run on the same course and the same day as the men’s U.S. Pro Criterium Championship. “I’m really happy to be back racing in Chicago,” said Haskell, who began her racing career…

Five riders – including three Americans – will represent Team Type 1 Saturday at the Glencoe Grand Prix, home to the AT&T USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championship in Glencoe, Ill. Joe Eldridge, Ken Hanson and Shawn Milne will be vying to win the stars-and-stripes jersey that goes to the first American across the line…

A total of 53 athletes were nominated to represent the United States at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, September 1-5. Seven men and seven women will wear the red, white and blue while competing for world titles in the elite cross country races. As the reigning national champion,…

With just one month remaining until officially kicking off the 2010/2011 international cyclocross season in Pennsylvania on September 11, the Mid-Atlantic Championship Cyclocross Series (better known as MAC) has announced a new title sponsorship with Champion System Sportswear, a leader in custom technical custom apparel. The 11-race series, which stretches from the tip of New…

Coming into the last event for the 2010 Women’s Prestige Cycling Series, Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY 12 held all of the jerseys and the team classification. However, they let the sprinter’s jersey slip from their grasp, just missing the clean sweep. U.S. national road champion Mara Abbott won both the individual title and the…

LOOK RETURNS TO CANADIAN CYCLING ASSOCIATION TO HELP ATHLETES WIN Bikes and accessories maker return to support as Canadian Cycling continues to grow The Canadian Cycling Association (CCA) is proud to announce a new partnership with LOOK, a high performance bicycle and accessory maker from France. After a few years of separation, LOOK and the…

Canada hosts event for the third time in history; World’s best to ride hills of Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC The Mountain Bike World Championships are the biggest annual Mountain Bike event in the world in terms of importance. Over 850 competitors from 50 nations are expected to arrive in Québec City for the event. Over 1000 volunteers…